It just takes one

Well OK in this case it took two. I always make a day trip over to Ding Darling Preserve on Sanibel when I'm visiting Florida, and the highlight to me is always the Roseate Spoonbills. I only saw 2 today, but they aimed to please.
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Very nice, Ian! Would love to catch myself some Spoonbills sometime; 3 and 8 are the real winners to me. 4 gets an honorable mention for bird yoga...heh

Very nice, I'm liking 3, 5, and 8 the most.

Very nice set Ian.

wow- how much do you pay your models? whatever it is it's not enough. very nice

Snydremark wrote in post #18537485
Very nice, Ian! Would love to catch myself some Spoonbills sometime; 3 and 8 are the real winners to me. 4 gets an honorable mention for bird yoga...heh

Thanks Eric. Yup one of my faves, I like the yoga pose too .

FPP wrote in post #18537537
Very nice, I'm liking 3, 5, and 8 the most.

Thanks very much!

Peter2516 wrote in post #18537560
Very nice set Ian.

Hi Peter, thanks!

CaptBob wrote in post #18537747
wow- how much do you pay your models? whatever it is it's not enough. very nice

Ha, thanks Bob. It was a bit of a waiting game. The first guy was asleep with his head tucked in when I got there, had to wait until he thought it was bath time. And the second guy I saw on my third tour around the Preserve,

Very nice set Ian, Roseate's are getting their breeding plumage and the reds on the males get more pronounced. You might consider a stop at Circle B Bar Reserve on the drive home if you take 4 across. It's in Lakeland and has several nice trails with an abundance of everything. They also have a Facebook page if your interested. I usually stop on the way down and again the way back. I love the place. Or Merrit Island and Biolab road.

Ron

kayak274 wrote in post #18537923
Very nice set Ian, Roseate's are getting their breeding plumage and the reds on the males get more pronounced. You might consider a stop at Circle B Bar Reserve on the drive home if you take 4 across. It's in Lakeland and has several nice trails with an abundance of everything. They also have a Facebook page if your interested. I usually stop on the way down and again the way back. I love the place. Or Merrit Island and Biolab road.

Ron

Thanks Ron, yes have heard of Circle B Bar before but not taken the time to stop by there - maybe this is the year to do it, thanks for the suggestion.

Circle B is the best.

They are just now starting to recover from the hurricane back in September, had some major league damage. Although I was out there last weekend and most of the raptors were conspicuous in their absence.

But there was an absolute convention of the Whistling Ducks, Egrets and Herons.

saea501 wrote in post #18538076
Circle B is the best.

They are just now starting to recover from the hurricane back in September, had some major league damage. Although I was out there last weekend and most of the raptors were conspicuous in their absence.

But there was an absolute convention of the Whistling Ducks, Egrets and Herons.

Thanks for the info Bob!

They were putting a show for you, Ian, or maybe you simply out-waited them. Super shots. Aren't Spoonbills the ugliest/prettiest bird all rolled into one?
Sounds like you may have to add a day or two to your trip.

ardeekay wrote in post #18538495
They were putting a show for you, Ian, or maybe you simply out-waited them. Super shots. Aren't Spoonbills the ugliest/prettiest bird all rolled into one?
Sounds like you may have to add a day or two to your trip.

Yup Rog, many thanks for commenting.